Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Scientific Name: Echinaceae pallida
Family: Asteraceae (Daisies)
Blooming Period: May - August
Taken at: Spinn Prairie, 7/1/97

This showy plant grows up to 3' high, in dry and mesic prairies and savannahs. Each plant has a single flower at the top of its stalk, with purple petals coming out from the central cone.